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Ministry of Power
Cabinet approves the Investment Proposal of Rs. 5281.94 crore for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Power Project
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the investment of Rs.5281.94 crore for 850 MW Ratle Hydro Electric  Project located on river Chenab, in Kishtwar district of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, by a new Joint Venture Company  to be incorporated between National Hydroelectric Power Corporation  and Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd  with equity contribution of 51% and 49% respectively.
Salient Features
Government of India is also supporting the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by providing grant of Rs. 776.44 crore for Equity contribution of JKSPDC in the JVC to be set up for construction of Ratle HE Project . NHPC shall invest its equity Rs.808.14 crore from its internal resources. The Ratle Hydro Electric Project shall be commissioned within a span of 60 months. The Power generated from the Project will help in providing balancing of Grid and will improve the power supply position.
Implementation Strategy
Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, to make the Project viable, will extend exemption from levy of Water Usage Charges for 10 years after commissioning of the project, reimbursement of State's share of GST  and waiver of free power to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in a decremental manner, i.e., the free power to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir would be 1% in the 1st year after commissioning of the Project and rising @1% per year to 12% in the 12th year.
Objectives
The construction activities of the Project will result in direct and indirect employment to around 4000 persons and will contribute in overall socio-economic development of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Further, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be benefitted by getting free power worth Rs. 5289 crore and through levy of Water Usage Charges worth Rs.9581 crore from Ratle Hydro Electric Project, during project life cycle of 40 years.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Adverse Effect of Junk/Fast Foods
Indian Council of Medical Research  has informed that development of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart diseases & liver diseases are multi-factorial in nature and eating of junk food and/ or processed food is one of these factors. Various studies indicate that products with high content of fat, sugar or salt may increase the risk of overweight, obesity or certain Non-Communicable Diseases .
Junk foods are high in calorie but low in nutritional value and lead to an excess metabolic weight leading to obesity. An obese individual is prone to life-threatening diseases which are not only limited to cholesterol or diabetes but also can cause stroke and other NCDs.
According to the study report "India: Health of the Nation's States"-The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative 2017, the proportion of Chronic Diseases  have increased in India from 30.5% in 1990 to 55.4 % in 2016. The overall metabolic risk factors / causes attributable to the rise in Chronic Diseases  include unhealthy diet as per study.
Food Safety & Standards Authority of India  has informed that a nation-wide media campaign titled 'Aj Se Thoda Kam', to encourage consumers to make dietary modifications by gradually reducing the consumption of fat, sugar and salt has been launched. A series of short videos  have been created for the same. The campaign is supported with flyers, banners, audio clips and an ‘Eat Right India’ website with useful inputs on gradual reduction in consumption of fat, salt and sugar.
ICMR-NIN  along with FSSAI has recommended guidelines for High Fat, Salt, Sugars  Food Labels on all Ready to Eat Foods so that consumption of these foods is moderated.
Several awareness initiatives have been undertaken by the Government including use of print, electronic and social media. In addition, the national Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke  supports awareness generation activities to be undertaken by the States.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the LokSabha here today.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Production of Organic Fertilizers
Government has been implementing dedicated organic farming schemes of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  and Mission Organic Value Chain Development in North East Region  since 2015-16. Under these schemes, farmers are primarily encouraged for organic cultivation using organic fertilizers and provided hands-on training about on-farm production of organic fertilizers and its use are integral part of these schemes. Farmers are provided subsidy of Rs. 31000/ ha / 3 years under PKVY and Rs. 32500/ ha/ 3 years under MOVCDNER for various organic inputs including organic fertilisers. In additions, Organic cultivation on either side of River Ganga, large area certification and support for individual farmers has also been introduced under PKVY to increase coverage using organic fertilizers.
Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati  has been introduced as a sub scheme of Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana  since 2020-21 for the promotion of traditional indigenous practices including Zero Budget Natural Farming . The scheme mainly emphasises on exclusion of all synthetic chemical inputs and promotes on-farm biomass recycling with major stress on biomass mulching, use of cow dung-urine formulations and plant based preparations. Under BPKP, financial assistance of Rs. 12200/ha for 3 years is provided for cluster formation, capacity building and continuous handholding by trained personnel, certification and residue analysis. Until now, under natural farming an area of 4.09 lakh ha area has been covered and a total fund of Rs. 4980.99 lakh has been released in 8 States across the country
Under Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme , Credit linked back ended subsidy is provided through NABARD to individuals/ private agencies/companies/ Farmers Producers Organization Farmers  for setting up of Fruit & Vegetable Agro Composting Unit  capacity) @33% of total financial outlay subject to maximum of Rs 63 lakh/ unit and Bio-fertilizer production units  capacity) @ 25% of cost limited to Rs.40 lakh/unit.
An amount of Rs 650 crores has been approved for promotion of organic farming for the year 2021-22, out of which Rs. 450 crore has been approved for PKVY and Rs. 200 crore has been approved for MOVCDNER The details of funds released under the schemes -PKVY and MOVCDNER during last three years is given below:

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Release /Expenditure
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PKVY scheme
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MOVCDNER Scheme
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2018-19
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329.46
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174.78
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2019-20
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283.67
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103.80
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2020-21
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381.05
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137.17
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
REPUBLIC DAY PARADE HELD AT ENC
A Ceremonial Parade was held at the Eastern Naval Command  parade ground at INS Circars on 26 Jan 22 on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day. Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta AVSM, YSM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, ENC took the salute and inspected a 50 men Guard. He later reviewed the platoons comprising of naval personnel drawn from all ships, submarines and establishments. Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM, NM Chief of Staff, ENC, was the Conducting Officer of the Parade which was attended by all Flag Officers, Commanding Officers of all ships, submarines and establishments at Visakhapatnam. All COVID norms and protocols were adhered to during the ceremony.
The Naval Investiture Ceremony was also conducted during the parade. Vice Adm Dasgupta presented Nao Sena Medal  to Naveen Kumar Leading Seaman for displaying indomitable courage, conspicuous gallantry and bravery beyond the call of duty resulting in the elimination of two hardcore terrorists in Kashmir. The CinC also presented Nao Sena Medal  to Cmde Rahul Vilas Gokhale in recognition of his overall contribution to the Navy for over twenty-nine years. Lt Cdr Tushar Bahl  was presented the Lt VK Jain Memorial Award for outstanding applied research in the field of embedded technologies and SAVL Haranandh POA was presented the Capt Ravi Dhir Memorial Gold Medal for promoting Flight Safety in Naval Air Operations. The CinC also presented the Unit Citations for the year 2020 to Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam and INS Jalashwa for their outstanding performance.
Addressing the personnel on parade, the Commander-in-Chief extended his Republic Day greetings to all naval personnel, defence civilians and their families. He emphasised the significance of Republic Day and brought out that whilst we are well aware of our Fundamental Rights, it is equally important to know and abide by the Fundamental Duties enshrined in the Constitution.
Vice Adm Dasgupta exhorted everyone to continue to follow the COVID appropriate behaviour of maintaining personal hygiene, maintaining social distancing and wearing masks during the ongoing third wave of the pandemic.
The CinC added that while preparations are in place for hosting the President’s Fleet Review on 21 Feb and the Multilateral Naval Exercise MILAN from 26 Feb to 04 Mar at Visakhapatnam, he urged everyone to work diligently for the successful conduct of both events. A large number of dignitaries, including the Hon'ble President, Prime Minister, Governor and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the Raksha Mantri and a large number of central and state ministers/ MPs/MLAs would be attending these events.
The CinC concluded his address by congratulating all the award winners and their families. The ceremony ended with the singing of the National Anthem by all personnel on parade and the guests.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
Interaction between Coronal Mass Ejections plays a key role in their evolution
A team of astronomers have found that interactions between two different Coronal Mass Ejections  in the interplanetary medium as they travel towards the Earth play a key role in their evolution. Coronal Mass Ejections  and flares are the largest eruptive phenomena in our solar system. Flares are characterized by a sudden catastrophic release of energy in the solar atmosphere. A huge amount of energy is released within a few minutes at the time of flare eruption. After the successful eruption of the solar flare, we can see the CME from the same region, which then travels outwards. When such a CME hits the Earth, it can cause damage to satellites as well as disruptions to our communication systems. Hence, predicting the evolution of CMEs has become important in recent years.
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and their collaborators observed two such CMEs on 2013-May-02 and 2014-Feb-16 arising from a circular ribbon structure on the Sun and followed it with data from Atmospheric Imaging Assembly . They used data from Large Angle and Spectrometric COronagraph , Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory , and Ames Coronagraph Experiment  Laboratory observations. This paper has been published recently in the ‘Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics/IOP’.
The scientists found that the location of the CME in the solar disk is an important factor that decides its trajectory in the corona and subsequent evolution in the inter-planetary medium. Also, this eruption is highly deflected from the source region. After the main explosion, a huge part of the CME moved towards the north-east direction of the Sun. Finally, only a small part of the CME propagates towards the Earth. This erupted CME seems to be interacting with two previous CMEs near Sun. This is very likely due to this interaction; this CME might have lost a substantial part of its energy. Their analysis suggests that this CME became dissipated in the interplanetary space. After travelling a certain distance, this CME associated Interplanetary CME, or ICME, mingled with the solar wind.
“Our study demonstrates that the CME deflection and CME-CME interactions were the major reasons affecting propagation in the Interplanetary medium. We plan to analyze the CME observations of a series of circular ribbon eruptive flares in the future”, says Syed Ibrahim, the lead author of the paper.
Publication link:
DOI: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1674-4527/21/12/318/meta
For more details, Syed Ibrahim  can be contacted.
Fig. 1, Solar flare and coronal mass ejection eruptions observed on the solar disk on 2013 May 2.  Magnetogram image, the central positive polarity  surrounded by a circular type of negative magnetic polarity  region which is indicated by the dashed white circle.  sunspot  and d) multi-wavelength observation  ARIES H-alpha observation.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Nearly 30 Covid vaccine candidates are under various stages of development, by both industry and academia
A Network of 16 COVID-19 bio-repositories have been established in the country by DBT, ICMR and CSIR
The Pan India 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA Genome Sequencing has been successfully completed
FiveNational COVID-19 Bio-repositories have been established by the Department of Biotechnology . This is a part of the Network of 16 COVID-19 biorepositories established in the country by Department of Biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The list of biorepositories can be accessed at https://www.icmr.gov.in/cbiorn.html. The repositories are collecting clinical and viral samples. So far, 44452 clinical samples and 17 viral isolates have been collected whichare accessible to researchers and industry for developing diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.
The Pan India 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA Genome Sequencing has been successfully completed and announced on 1st August, 2020 by the Department of Biotechnology.This was led by National Institute of Biomedical Genomics , West Bengal, an Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology, along with five other National clusters; clinical organizations and other hospitals.
These sequences have been uploaded on Global Initiative on Sharing All India Influenza Data  for use by researchers across the globe.These sequences have been uploaded under the ‘Pan India 1000 SARS-CoV-2 RNA Genome Sequencing Consortium’. The link for GISAID website is https://www.gisaid.org. These are now available for use by researchers.
Nationally, nearly 30 Covid vaccine candidates are under development, by both industry and academia. These vaccines are in different stages of pre-clinical and clinical development of which 3 candidates are in advanced stage of Phase I/II/III trials and 4 are in advanced pre-clinical development stage. Support is also being extended for development of vaccine associated research resources, establishment of clinical trial sites and notifying enabling regulatory guidelines.
A high level expert group is looking into matters related to vaccine distribution and immunization. The distribution and immunization of the coronavirus vaccine are subject to availability. Once available, the Corona virus vaccine distribution follows the same route as for the current practice of vaccines distribution under Universal Immunization Program .
This information was given by the Union Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhanin a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM invites citizens for ideas for Mann ki Baat on 27th February, 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has invited citizens for ideas and suggestions for Mann ki Baat on 27th February, 2022.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"This month’s #MannKiBaat programme will take place on the 27th. Like always, I am eager to get your suggestions for the same. Write them on MyGov, the NaMo App or dial 1800-11-7800 and record your message."
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Tribal Affairs Ministry and AIIMS organized workshop for NGOs for mission of Sahi Poshan-Desh Roshan as part of POSHAN MAAH
The workshop was attended by more than 70 NGOs working in areas of tribal health
Key Highlights:
- The purpose of the workshop was to closely associate NGOs working with Ministry of Tribal Affairs in area of tribal health.
- The need for proper nutrition during pregnancy, lactating mothers and beyond was highlighted during the workshop.
- A chart showing age-wise nutrition needs was also shared with the participating NGOs by them.
A workshop for Non-Governmental Organizations on Nutrition and Health was organized by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs on 09th September, 2021, as part of its POSHAN MAAH activities. The purpose of the workshop was to closely associate NGOs working with Ministry of Tribal Affairs in the mission of Sahi Poshan-.Desh Roshan.The workshop was attended by more than 70 NGOs who are working in the health sector in tribal areas.
Ms. Anuja Agarwala, Senior Dietician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi explained the need for proper nutrition during pregnancy, for lactating mothers and beyond.
Ms. Richa Jaiswal, Senior Dietician, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi gave detailed information on optimal nutrition for Heart Health and beyond. A chart showing age-wise nutrition needs was also shared with the participating NGOs by them.
The workshop was organized by Tribal Health Cell under Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Dr Navaljit kapoor, Jt Secy, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ms Vinita Srivastava, Advisor tribal health explained the importance of nutrition and various activities undertaken by Ministry for improving health and wellness of tribal population.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs is working with more than 350 Non-Governmental Organisations  who have roots in difficult geographies like LWE, hilly, remote and border areas. It is important to associate such organizations as they have capacity to cater comparatively service deficient areas where direct outreach of Government services through its institutional mechanism is not adequate: They also have understanding of the local context in terms of barriers and facilitators. Tribal women have higher IMR and MMR mainly because of their poor nutritional status and tribal children have higher incidence of anemia, stunting and wasting. For ensuring effective implementation of nutrition strategies, it is important to understand tribal culture, practices and traditional indigenous knowledge systems while designing and provisioning context-specific services to tribal women and children for improving their health condition.
Ministry has planned many such activities jointly with MoWCD for the Poshan Maah.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves MoU signed between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of 1.82 cusec of water from Feni River by India
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval for the MoU between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of 1.82 cusec of water from Feni River by India for drinking water supply scheme for Sabroom town Tripura, India.
Benefits:
As on date, there is no water sharing agreement on Feni river between India and Bangladesh. The present supply of drinking water to Sabroom town is inadequate. The ground water in this region has high iron content. Implementation of this scheme would benefit over 7000 population of Sabroom town .
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
MoRTH invites suggestions on notification for incorporating ownership in registration documents
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued a draft GSR 515  dated 18th August 2020 for amendment to FORM 20 of CMVR 1989. It has come to the notice of the Ministry that the ownership details are not properly reflected under the ownership under the various FORMS under CMVR required for registration of the Motor Vehicels.
In view of this, it is proposed to amend the FORM 20 of the CMVR 1989 to capture detailed ownership type as :- “4A. Ownership type AUTONOMOUS BODY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHARITABLE TRUST DRIVING TRAINING SCHOOL DIVYANJAN
 AVAILING GST CONCESSION
 WITHOUT AVAILING GST CONCESSION
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
FIRM GOVT UNDERTAKING INDIVIDUAL
LOCAL AUTHORITY
MULTIPLE OWNER OTHERS
POLICE DEPARTMENT
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE TRANSPORT
CORP/DEPT”.
Further, the benefits of GST and other concessions being provided to the Divyangjan  under various schemes of the Government for the purchase / ownership / operation of the Motor Vehicles.
As per the current details under CMVR 1989, the ownership captured does not reflect the details of the Divyangjan citizens. It becomes difficult for such divyangjan citizens to properly avail various benefits available under Government Schemes like the benefits to the Divyangjan as per scheme for financial incentives of the Department of Heavy Industries. With the proposed amendments, such ownership details would be properly reflected and divyangjan would be able to avail the benefits under various schemes.
The suggestions or comments in this respect can be sent to the Joint Secretary , Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001  within thirty days from the date of notification.
Ministry of Defence
VISIT OF BRAZILIAN NAVY DELEGATION, 05 SEP 23
A Brazilian Navy delegation led by Admiral José Augusto Vieira da Cunha de Menezes, Chief of General Staff visited New Delhi and met VAdm Sanjay J Singh, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 05 Sep 23. The Brazilian delegation also held discussions with VAdm Sandeep Naithani, Chief of Materiel on areas of mutual cooperation, with focus on Indian Navy's indigenisation efforts for achieving self reliance in Submarine maintenance.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
39.13 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
3,01,43,850total recoveries across the country so far
Recovery Rate increases to 97.28%
39,130patients recovered during last 24 hours
India reports 41,806new cases in last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload currently at 4,32,041
Active cases constitute 1.39% of total cases
Weekly Positivity Rate remainsbelow5%, currently at 2.21%
Daily positivity rate at 2.15%, less than 3% for 24 consecutive days
Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 43.80cr tests total conducted